Cosmologia generalis
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Cosmologia generalis is a 1731 philosophical work by Christian Wolff that systematically treats the general principles of cosmology within his rationalist metaphysical framework.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cosmologia generalis canonical | 1 |
| Cosmologia generalis, methodo scientifica pertractata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4710776 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cosmologia generalis Context triple: [Philosophia prima sive ontologia, relatedWork, Cosmologia generalis]
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A.
Essai de cosmologie
Essai de cosmologie is an 18th-century philosophical and scientific treatise by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis that explores the structure and origins of the universe within the framework of early Enlightenment cosmology.
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An Essay in Cosmology
An Essay in Cosmology is the subtitle of Alfred North Whitehead’s major philosophical work *Process and Reality*, which presents his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system.
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C.
The Cosmographic Mystery
The Cosmographic Mystery is Johannes Kepler’s 1596 astronomical work proposing a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids.
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D.
The Unity of the Universe
The Unity of the Universe is a cosmology book by physicist Dennis Sciama that presents a coherent, unified account of the structure and evolution of the universe.
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E.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cosmologia generalis Target entity description: Cosmologia generalis is a 1731 philosophical work by Christian Wolff that systematically treats the general principles of cosmology within his rationalist metaphysical framework.
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A.
Essai de cosmologie
Essai de cosmologie is an 18th-century philosophical and scientific treatise by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis that explores the structure and origins of the universe within the framework of early Enlightenment cosmology.
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B.
An Essay in Cosmology
An Essay in Cosmology is the subtitle of Alfred North Whitehead’s major philosophical work *Process and Reality*, which presents his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system.
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C.
The Cosmographic Mystery
The Cosmographic Mystery is Johannes Kepler’s 1596 astronomical work proposing a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids.
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D.
The Unity of the Universe
The Unity of the Universe is a cosmology book by physicist Dennis Sciama that presents a coherent, unified account of the structure and evolution of the universe.
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E.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Christian Wolff ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| field |
natural theology
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philosophy ⓘ |
| follows | Ontologia ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialIntention | to systematize cosmology within rationalist metaphysics ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn | debates on cosmology in 18th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Enlightenment ⓘ |
| influenced |
German Enlightenment philosophy
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Scholastic philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cosmology
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metaphysics ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedAs |
Cosmologia generalis, methodo scientifica pertractata
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linked to:
Cosmologia generalis
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| partOf | Christian Wolff's metaphysical system ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective | systematic rationalist metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | rationalism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1731 ⓘ |
| treats |
causality in nature
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contingency and necessity in the world ⓘ general principles of cosmology ⓘ order of the universe ⓘ relation between God and world ⓘ structure of the world ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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Cosmologia generalis, methodo scientifica pertractata
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linked to: Cosmologia generalis